It was announced on Thursday that Disney+ will be offering its first R-rated film selections since the streamer launched in November 2019 — but the star of two of those films has a bone to pick.
The Deadpool movies and Logan will be available on Disney+ beginning Friday, which is great news for Marvel fans, and a newsworthy development period for the (mostly) family-friendly service.
Naturally, Deadpool star and cut-up Ryan Reynolds could not resist an opportunity to work in a gag via social media about the news. Not long after word was out that the films were coming to Disney+, Reynolds tweeted, “We’re supposed to announce Logan and Deadpool will soon be the first R-rated movies on Disney+. But we all know some Disney movies should already be rated R for irreversible trauma.”
Along with the message, he included four (red for restricted) rating cards for various Disney classics. The first one up was for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937): Rated R for “Breaking and entering, borderline polyandry, [and] pretty sure those diamonds aren’t cruelty-free.”
Next up was a notification for Old Yeller (1957) with a card that read, Rated R for “Total ugly-cry inducing straight-up murder of Old Yeller. Also, bear abuse.”
The Lion King (1994) took the third spot with a card that read, Rated R for “Fratricide, mauling, very possibly half-sibling lovin’, or at least kissing cousins. Seriously.”
Rounding out the list was an entry that most people will admit was traumatizing for them as a child. That’s right: Bambi (1942), with a card that read, Rated R for “Cold-blooded killing of an innocent deer mom, that will cause lifelong trauma.”
We’re supposed to announce Logan and Deadpool will soon be the first R-rated movies on Disney+. But we all know some Disney movies should already be rated R for irreversible trauma. pic.twitter.com/FoIbiwKhiG
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) July 21, 2022
